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List:       jakarta-commons-dev
Subject:    Re: [cli] Moving forward
From:       Torsten Curdt <tcurdt () apache ! org>
Date:       2006-02-13 5:50:24
Message-ID: 64332A0C-4C68-4293-A588-55417EABC8D0 () apache ! org
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>
> This is a tough question. There has already been a release of CLI  
> which did
> not include the CLI2 API, and there are doubtless users of CLI out  
> there who
> will not be interested in migrating to the CLI2.

for sure

>
> However, CLI2 has the idea of argument validators, and I think  
> that's quite a
> handy feature of the API.

yepp +1

>
>> We do need to agree that cli2 is the way forward, comparing the APIs
>> to see if it feels better is one of my todo's. What do the rest of  
>> you
>> think? Martin/James/anyone else?
>
> I think you're right, we do need to compare the two APIs to make a  
> rational
> decision. Maybe there's some scope for maintaining the current CLI  
> API while
> merging in some of the nice validation stuff from CLI2? Whatever  
> the choice,
> we should at least maintain a compatibility interface with this API  
> so that
> users only have to change their code if they want to use the nice  
> parts of
> CLI2.

TBH cli1 has lived for sooo long without further releases
why not only put it into bug fix mode and other than that
move forward. The old jars won't go away.

My 2 cents

cheers
--
Torsten

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